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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt | 11 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt index 9c3c66cc37..67be5247b9 100644 --- a/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt +++ b/Documentation/git-sparse-checkout.txt @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ THE FUTURE. COMMANDS -------- 'list':: - Provide a list of the contents in the sparse-checkout file. + Describe the patterns in the sparse-checkout file. 'init':: Enable the `core.sparseCheckout` setting. If the @@ -150,6 +150,15 @@ expecting patterns of these types. Git will warn if the patterns do not match. If the patterns do match the expected format, then Git will use faster hash- based algorithms to compute inclusion in the sparse-checkout. +In the cone mode case, the `git sparse-checkout list` subcommand will list the +directories that define the recursive patterns. For the example sparse-checkout +file above, the output is as follows: + +-------------------------- +$ git sparse-checkout list +A/B/C +-------------------------- + If `core.ignoreCase=true`, then the pattern-matching algorithm will use a case-insensitive check. This corrects for case mismatched filenames in the 'git sparse-checkout set' command to reflect the expected cone in the working |